Show BOUNTJFruiAimJsf UNPnECtOBNTEO WEALTH If Till CROPS OF 1888 ftli ttI 1 II 110 11 j loa tht trIuIsqtI It t II I Iry I 110 h I I1srhIn IU IIIt It N I an accepted ticl that what ier conditions affect the airiculttiral Interest of R country will have a direct bearing on all Ita other Industrie In other word whatever lentil to aid or Injure firtulnn pursuits wilt beneficently benefi-cently or disastrous > affect etery otberu Important Intercat it li I a matter for congratulation therefore that e ncp i llonally faorable report Are coming I lost regarding the outlook for a splen I did crop In the corn belt region rnpluiia Iamb had fallen during the spring and put the groun I In splendid onilltluii for seeding and growing Tilt I foar of nnothcr drouth have long slnco tn I laid to rent and the agriculturist looks hopefully forward to a rich reward re-ward for Ills toll Not only iloei the farmer expect a good erop thin year i but the condllloni HUM far have been no much more fAvorable titan In leienvl berg past that he expects a crop hlch I will fully male up for n few short one Nor Is the exportation without reaion i Tliero Is not n ulnglu condition larking either In soil or weather which should i bring thl hope to the farmer The loll baa received more moisture In the hnpo of rnln and mow than In many I tear nnd the weather hilA been all that could bo desired for gronlni Therefore t There-fore If nil theta ilgns count fur any thins they Indicate n year of pros peril throughout great Wool icn boforo the first week In May almo l halt the corn was planted l whit considerable of showing nicely above ground and doing well In ninny localities It KM f un then seteral Inches hlch As there II undoubtedly be an Increaiej acreage of both corn and small grains this year the Indications are that the IIrllll work will not be welt olr beoro the last week In May Thin honetcr will bo early enough In the corn belt region to allow the golden per to Ipen before fro t comes ecn If It 1 should come n little earlier than usual As the rainfall tins been fairly frequent fre-quent In Its filiations during the portion por-tion of the reason which has pasted nod fully up In normal It li but fair to ai name that this normal condition will continue anti that the hopes of the farmer will ho fully realized lleporls from widely different localities locali-ties In the great com producing Mates point to bite fact that moisture tins t Mturatetl the soil to n much rreator r depth than in many pnloiu year I This In particularly true with regard to Nebruika whore the favorable out Inok of the prosint tim has not In many parts of the state been excelled oen In the opinion of old Inhabitants In fact tug prospect Is so encouraging that the farmer all over the state I are letting go their corn and grain to which they had been holding co tenaciously nero last harvest In this dread that the drouth period was not alan end They arc now shipping It 1 eastward In big quantities or feeding It to their mock and fattening piG for the market The bulletins issued by the various Unto sections of the tU fl Weather tervlco confirm the glad titling generally gener-ally so that taken all In all the outlook of good time for this western farmer Is exceedingly < < encouraging The bulletin relating to Nebraska for the wick endIng end-Ing May 4 contained the following The week has been warm averaging from four to six degrees above tho normal nor-mal Light frosts were reported from the southwestern portion of the state early In the week but little If any damage was dono to fruit Tho rain fall has been very general nnd for the intuit part heavy amounting hoover two Inches over most of Ibo eastern half of the italo nail In limited localities In the western On the night it tho 27th and cm the 28th a general and heavy raIn storm pained over the elate nccom panM by high winds This was followed fol-lowed by showers nearly every day lithe li-the week In the northeastern sectloi and work hoa been much letardci throughout this as well as Iho middle section of the stnto by the wet cnndl lion of the soil Tho weather has lioci very favorable for the growth of vrGO lotion especially small grain nnd grass which havo made very vigorous growth during the week 1Ie Is beginning to Joint In the southern counties Alfalfa Is reported from nix InchM In height tithe ti-the central portion of tho stoic ton too and a half In the routhorn In southern counties considerable progress boo been nmdo < In plantlni I corn which Is now about half com plcted lln the toutheastern corner of Iho stale plicwhcro but little progress has been made during tint week owing tow 1 to-w t weather During the past week there has been on exhibition In a window of the City Ticket oinco of the Ilurllngton road at 1 Chicago a sample of ro plucked In furna county Nebraska Inward the end of April It stood 3 to 31 Jochu I Hgh and was even at that early datil nicely headed Alfalfa about the conic time was knee high and small grains were looking exceptionally advanced for that time of the > ear The Chicago no spapcra realizing lute close lie that binds It to the west have dilated at I frequent datd on the favorable pros reel for bounteous harvest i I |